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Unit 8:
Nutrition &Obesity
“The correct amount of
different things”
“Taking regular
exercise”
“Soup made of stock and lentils with onions carrots and celery”
heavy and fat”Too"
“A condition whereby the
body is not able to regulate
levels of glucose in the blood,
resulting in too much glucose
being present in the blood”
“Is the medical term for a state
produced by a lower than
normal level of blood glucose”
Accused (noun): The person who is said to have
broken a law.
“The time of your life when you are a child”
Inflammation (noun):
A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in congestionof the blood vessels, with
obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by
redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.
Lethargy (noun) :
The feeling of being very
tired and not having any
energy.
Tobacco(noun) : The substance that people smoke in
cigarettes and pipes (the dried leaves of the tobacco plant).
“Difficult, incomplete, or
infrequent evacuation of dry
hardened feces from the bowels”
Deficiency(noun) :A condition of not having
enough of something.
“An intense desire for some particular thing”
Thin in an attractive way .
Slim (adjective) :
“The condition of being habitually
or compulsively occupied with or
involved in something”
“The type of food you usually eat”
So a Balanced diet:provides for optimal growth and development.
A balanced diet means eating foodfrom all of thefour basic
foodgroups:
The milk group,The meat group,The fruit and vegetable group, and The grain group
Unbalanced diet :causes problems with maintenance of
body tissues, the brain and nervoussystem, and bones and muscles, it can also cause gaining weight and obesity.
“The condition of being very fat, in a way that is not
healthy. When a person’s weight (BMI) is 20% over the normal bodyweight for height
and age, they are considered obese.”
Obesity is a chronic disease.
BMI is :
Body mass index
Treatments for obesity:
Diet, behavior therapy, drugs, surgery.
Other than obesity, there are more eating-related disorders:
•Pica:A conditionparticularly
prevalent in childrenin which they eat things like dirt, wood, hair , and glass.
Bulimia Nervosa:A disorder of eatingtoo much and then the person makes him\her self vomit, plus the use oflaxatives, diuretics, and vigorous exercise.
Laxative :
It’s a medication which is used to movethe bowels, or aiding digestion and
preventingconstipation.
All of these have severe consequences to a person’s health and can even cause
death IF NOT TREATED. Treatment is by going to a
. nutritionistpsychiatric and a
Nutritionist is:
An expert or specialist in nutrition.